APY is intent on doing all it can to secure its borders and keep vulnerable Anangu safe.

To help keep coronavirus out of our communities, APY has asked for a North West presence in StateEmergency Management planning.

SA Police has responded positively by forming the Remote and Vulnerable Communities SubCommittee. This has been established under the Emergency Management Act, which feeds directlyinto State Emergency Management planning.

APY is working with the State Emergency Management Committee to ensure:

• Extra doctors and nurses are based on the APY Lands, while ensuring health workers are not arriving from COVID-19 hotspots.

• Suitable accommodation is identified for additional health workers on the APY Lands in empty houses and at Yulara/Marla.

• There are suitable isolation places for people who need to self-isolate on the APY Lands or at Yulara/Marla.

The Biosecurity Act is in force now. You must stay where you are and only travel if you are gettingfood from your community store or visiting a health clinic for regular medicines/check-ups.

APY will continue to work with SA Police under the Biosecurity Act to make sure no persons, not evenAnangu, enters the APY Lands unless they are providing an essential service or on approvedcompassionate grounds